Hello! :) I want to thank you for your comment and apologize for taking so long to reply. My life has been chaos. :) But your comment really made my day ... thanks so much!
How about a sequel and and prequel? AMC is just one in a series of stories; the only one that's actually been written so far, true (aside from some shorter pieces), but I'm currently working on the prequel, which is the story of the romance/obsession between Nerdanel and Feanor. After that, I'll write the next section of their life in Aman that comes after AMC. Curufin will be born and Nelyo and Macalaure will seal their romances ... or not. These next two installments will probably take a few years yet, I'm sorry to say; I have many stories in progress at the moment, both original and fanfic. Three novels (!!!). But I will get there. :) I'm thinking of working on the prequel for NaNoWriMo this year, as a treat.
I'm sure you've figured out that I'm totally with you about evil!child-abusing!Feanor. This is one of the few canon interpretations that I do protest; I'll go with nearly anything in a fanfic up to the wildest AU, but this particular interpretation just feels wrong to me. To each her own, of course, but it feels like something of a cop-out when writers take this route, like they can't be bothered to explore what must have been a complex relationship between Feanor and each of his sons so they say, "Eh. He forced them to take the oath." Or, "Eh. He abused them and they were hungry for his love." And that explains the passion and torment of their lives once he was gone ... how? I know I'm preaching to the choir here, so I'll stop rambling at you. ;)
The comment about Feanor being "only human" was actually quite intentional. Sometimes I throw in little things to see if people notice and will debate canon with me, and I put this in there for that reason. You're only the second reader to bring it up! But I think that Elves were human; they are the same species as mortal Men, imo, since Elves and mortal Men can produce viable offspring. It was also recently pointed out to me that Tolkien named them both the same species in a letter of his, though this takes some of the fun out of discussing/debating whether they are the same species. ;) But this was quite intentional on my part.
I'm glad that you enjoyed those particular scenes, as they were some of my favorite to write. I'm always surprised the reaction that people have to the Carnistir/Rumil subplot (not slash in that way, of course) since I was *this* close to cutting this altogether, figuring that canatics would raise holy hell complaining about my skewering of the canon. As I read more and more of the HoMe, I have found that Tolkien originally envisioned Rumil as a thrall of Morgoth. Of course, I didn't know this at the time ... but now, incidentally, I do have a canon defense, and I am very glad that I left this subplot in. :)
As for being tossed off cliffs, I can't agree with you more. ;) Though I would prefer to be tossed by Maedhros, particularly if he jumped in after me!
Again, thank you for the comment! *sends best wishes and better Elves*
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Date: 2007-06-15 03:28 am (UTC)How about a sequel and and prequel? AMC is just one in a series of stories; the only one that's actually been written so far, true (aside from some shorter pieces), but I'm currently working on the prequel, which is the story of the romance/obsession between Nerdanel and Feanor. After that, I'll write the next section of their life in Aman that comes after AMC. Curufin will be born and Nelyo and Macalaure will seal their romances ... or not. These next two installments will probably take a few years yet, I'm sorry to say; I have many stories in progress at the moment, both original and fanfic. Three novels (!!!). But I will get there. :) I'm thinking of working on the prequel for NaNoWriMo this year, as a treat.
I'm sure you've figured out that I'm totally with you about evil!child-abusing!Feanor. This is one of the few canon interpretations that I do protest; I'll go with nearly anything in a fanfic up to the wildest AU, but this particular interpretation just feels wrong to me. To each her own, of course, but it feels like something of a cop-out when writers take this route, like they can't be bothered to explore what must have been a complex relationship between Feanor and each of his sons so they say, "Eh. He forced them to take the oath." Or, "Eh. He abused them and they were hungry for his love." And that explains the passion and torment of their lives once he was gone ... how? I know I'm preaching to the choir here, so I'll stop rambling at you. ;)
The comment about Feanor being "only human" was actually quite intentional. Sometimes I throw in little things to see if people notice and will debate canon with me, and I put this in there for that reason. You're only the second reader to bring it up! But I think that Elves were human; they are the same species as mortal Men, imo, since Elves and mortal Men can produce viable offspring. It was also recently pointed out to me that Tolkien named them both the same species in a letter of his, though this takes some of the fun out of discussing/debating whether they are the same species. ;) But this was quite intentional on my part.
I'm glad that you enjoyed those particular scenes, as they were some of my favorite to write. I'm always surprised the reaction that people have to the Carnistir/Rumil subplot (not slash in that way, of course) since I was *this* close to cutting this altogether, figuring that canatics would raise holy hell complaining about my skewering of the canon. As I read more and more of the HoMe, I have found that Tolkien originally envisioned Rumil as a thrall of Morgoth. Of course, I didn't know this at the time ... but now, incidentally, I do have a canon defense, and I am very glad that I left this subplot in. :)
As for being tossed off cliffs, I can't agree with you more. ;) Though I would prefer to be tossed by Maedhros, particularly if he jumped in after me!
Again, thank you for the comment! *sends best wishes and better Elves*